Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by benrbray on Friday February 28, 2020 @01:11AM
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Isn't it fairly well-established that the US has maintained its economic superiority for so long by NOT being bombed to hell like Europe after WWII and afterwards using military force to destabilize developing economies in south america, the middle east, etc etc.?
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by im3w1l on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:13AM
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You're subtly changing the topic by saying economic superiority. If we go back to prosperity, there are many other prosperous countries than the US.
Re:The war on food waste is a waste of time
by da39a3ee on Friday February 28, 2020 @09:36AM
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I'm no historian/economist/geographer, but isn't it sufficient to invoke having a huge empty continent with vegetation, climate and soil suitable for agriculture and human life activities in general, that only needed a bit of genocide to get rid of the low density previous occupants? N. hemisphere East-West wide continent and all that.
Think of all the areas of the world in which neither the winners nor the losers of the wars have the things you refer to. Your statement (a) is incorrect, and (b) reveals that you have a dangerous and unpleasant view of your homeland (You're American; I don't think there's any doubt about that!) as a land of prosperity that is somehow due to its military prowess.